Herbal tea, loose and in tea bags
Herbal tea is made from herbs, flowers, roots, spices or fruit rather than the tea plant, so most blends contain no caffeine. Here you'll find Café du Jour loose herbal teas in 100 g bags, from Fresh Herbs and Citrus & Verveine to ginger blends such as Ginger Root and Ginger Cool, plus herbal tea bags from Tea of Life and Tea Cultures.
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Citrus & Verveine - Herbal tea 100 g - Café du Jour loose teaCafé du JourAs low as 6.6466.40 / kg -
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Yerba Mate Orange - Herbal tea 100 g - Café du Jour loose teaCafé du JourRegular Price 6.74 Special Price 5.9159.10 / kg -
Star mix without mint - Herbal tea 100 g - Café du Jour loose teaCafé du JourAs low as 5.6758.50 / kg -
Calming - herbal tea 100 g - Café du Jour loose teaCafé du JourRegular Price 6.27 Special Price 5.4954.90 / kg -
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What is herbal tea?
Strictly speaking, tea comes from one plant, Camellia sinensis: black, green, white and oolong tea are all made from its leaves. Herbal tea, also called an infusion or tisane, is everything else you steep in hot water: the dried leaves, flowers, seeds, bark or roots of other plants. Because the tea plant isn't involved, most herbal teas are naturally caffeine-free.
The exception in this category is yerba mate, a South American plant that does contain caffeine. Yerba Mate Orange is a herbal tea, but not one for late in the evening.
Loose herbal tea or tea bags?
Most herbal teas here are Café du Jour loose teas in 100 g bags. Loose tea gives the herbs room to open up in a pot or infuser, and you decide how strong you make it. If you prefer the convenience of a bag, Tea of Life camomile and Tea Cultures vervain come in boxes of 25 tea bags, and Tea Cultures also has a Discovery Box.
Types of herbal tea in our range
- Fresh Herbs: nettle, liquorice, fennel, elderflower, peppermint and lemongrass; fresh, with a light sweetness from the liquorice.
- Citrus & Verveine: verbena, verveine in French, combined with citrus.
- Ginger Root, Morning Glow and Ginger Cool: three ginger teas for a spicy, warming cup.
- Star mix without mint: a herbal blend for anyone who would rather skip the peppermint.
- Nightcap, Good Night and Calming: blends named for a quiet evening.
- Glühwein Tea and Christmas Classics: seasonal teas for the winter months; Christmas Classics is a set of three 100 g bags.
- The Herbal Four: a package of four of our herbal teas, a good way to find your favourite.
How to brew herbal tea
Herbs need hotter water and more time than green or black tea. Use freshly boiled water, a heaped teaspoon of loose tea per cup, and let it steep for five to eight minutes. Cover the cup or pot while it steeps so the aroma stays in. Herbal tea rarely turns bitter the way black tea can, so a longer steep mainly gives a stronger taste; ginger blends can take ten minutes if you like them spicy.
Good to know
Herbal tea is a drink, not a remedy. If you are pregnant, take medication or have high blood pressure, check the ingredients before you buy: liquorice, for example, is something to go easy on in those cases.